Re: Duelmasters Popularity

From: ccs012@fella.ucdavis.edu (Riff-Raff)

Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1992 21:19:22 +0000

In article <9840008@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom) writes:
>It has been mentioned that duelmasters does not
>really care much about fighter popularity.

Well, I wouldn't say that I don't care much for popularity, since it does
give 2 free fights: most popular this turn, and most popular overall, but
as far as actual results of the fights go, it doesn't really _do_
anything.

On the other hand, popular fighters tend to get more crowd support, which
is always fun to read.  My personal favorite is "The ARENAMASTER joins in
applauding POPULAR DUDE's skill!"

>What if they included the idea of ticket prices
>where more popular players got bigger takes.

Maybe, but then it would make certain styles even less viable than they
already are (PS's for example), and make the TP style even more handicapped
than it already is.

>I am not sure what you would spend the money on,
>but maybe armor and weapons could cost money.
>Maybe players could be bought and sold.

Well, maybe I'm a DM purist, but I just don't like the idea.  Basically, new
managers wouldn't stand a chance going into an old arena, because established
managers could have such a wealth of money that resources would be no problem.
Their TPs would be in the most expensive armor, with the best weapons, while
the newer managers might only be able to afford leather armor and a steel cap,
with maybe only one shield.

>I don't know.  Maybe the game doesn't NEED
>anymore dimensions.

Well, I'd like to see more weapons, and new weapon crits, and maybe even the
possibility for team fights and team bloodfeuds.  DM could use some new
dimensions, but I don't think that popularity should be the key to it, though.

Of course, these are just my ego-inflated opinions.

Trump

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Duelmasters Popularity
daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Wed, 04 Mar 1992 23:34:28 +0000

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Duelmasters Popularity
daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Wed, 04 Mar 1992 23:34:28 +0000